Hillary’s Story
Political advisor Bobby Baker wheeled and dealed with DC powerhouses. BUT when he mingles with the mob, he risks his career.

Tina’s Story
Indigenous groups in America had their land brutally taken from them by colonizers. BUT in 1969, Native American activists fought to reclaim land.

Sources
Hillary's Story
New York Times
Bobby Baker, String-Puller Snared in Senate Scandal, Dies at 89--by Neil Genzlinger
MAJOR POLITICAL SCANDAL LOOMING IN THE BOBBY BAKER CASE

Politico
Bobby Baker: The ‘101st Senator’--by Joshua Zeitz
Sex in the Senate--by Todd S. Purdum

Spartacus Educational
Bobby Baker

Washington Post
Bobby Baker, protege of Lyndon Johnson felled by influence-peddling scandal, dies at 89--by Jon Thurber

Wikipedia
Bobby Baker

Photos
Bobby Baker--from AP via Politico
Bobby Baker and Lyndon Johnson--via The New York Times
Ellen Rometsch--from AP via The Cut

Tina's Story
Aeon
The Invasion of America--by Claudio Saunt

The American Yawp Reader
Native Americans Occupy Alcatraz (1969)

Autry Museum
The Alcatraz Logbook: Signs of Red Power--by Joe D. Horse

Britannica
Alcatraz

CNN
1969 Alcatraz takeover 'changed the whole course of history'--by Nicole Lapin and Jason Hanna

K12 Washington State
1969 OCCUPATION OF ALCATRAZ--by Ryan Markel

KQED
A Look Back at the Occupation of Alcatraz, 51 Years Later--by Jessica Placzek, Ericka Cruz Guevarra, and Alice Woelfle

Los Angeles Times
Indigenous tribes took over Alcatraz 51 years ago. Read the ‘holy grail’ of the occupation--by Carolina A. Miranda

The New York Times
How a Native American Resistance Held Alcatraz for 18 Months--by John Treuer

PBS
Today in History: “We Hold the Rock”: The Occupation of Alcatraz and the Native American Fight for Sovereignty in the Age of Fracture--by Charles L. Chavis
Why Native Americans are buying back land that was stolen from them--by Kira Kay and Jason Maloney

San Francisco Public Press
Return to Alcatraz: 50 Years After Native American Occupation, National Park Service Considers Permanent Cultural Center--by Mel Baker

White House
Self determination without termination--by Lina Mann

Wikipedia
Robert Stroud

Photos
Alcatraz Welcome Sign (c. 1970)--from Golden Gate Park Archives via the Autry Museum
Graffiti of Navajo Greeting "Yata Hey"--from US National Parks via Public Domain
Alcatraz Occupiers--by Ilka Hartman via National Park Service
Alcatraz Log Book--screenshot via The Autry Museum

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Tina’s Story
Medgar Evers started his work as a civil rights activist in the 1950s and eventually became a leading figure in Mississippi. BUT, after Evers was assassinated, his death galvanized the civil rights movement.

Hillary’s Story
In 1829 Margaret “Peggy” Timberlake married US Senator John Eaton. But when the wives of high profile Washington DC elites find her behavior unacceptable, they embark on a crusade to shun her which leads to long lasting political challenges for Andrew Jackson’s cabinet.

Sources
Tina's Story
Britannica
Medgar Evers

Clarion Ledger
Evers' assassin said still at large--by Jerry Mitchell

FBI
Medgar Evans

History
Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is assassinated

Library of Congress
Medgar Evers: A Hero in Life and Death--by Neely Tucker
Medgar Evers’ Role in Civil Rights Law--by Jennifer Davis

Life
Medgar Evers' Funeral, June, 1963--by Ben Cosgrove

Marymount
Assassination & Aftermath

NAACP
Medgar Evans

National Geographic
How the assassination of Medgar Evers galvanized the civil rights movement--by Erin Blakemore

The New York Times
Mississippi Reveals Dark Secrets of a Racist Time--by Kevin Sack

NPR WLRN
Fifty Years After Medgar Evers' Killing, The Scars Remain

PBS News Hour
The Medgar Evers Assassination

Shapell
JFK’s Drafted Letter to Medgar Evers' Widow, Myrlie, on Evers' Assassination

SNCC Digital
Medgar Evers Murdered

The Witness
"Turn Me Loose!": The Assassination of Medgar Evers--by Jemar Tisby

Photos
Medgar Evers--Photo Credit: Fair Use
Klansman Bryon De La Beckwith--Photo Credit: Fair Use
Rifle used by De La Beckwith--Photo Credit: Mississippi Department of Archives and History via Fair Use
Medgar Evers' son, Darrel, being comforted by his mom, Myrile--Photo Credit: Associated Press via NPR
Hillary's Story
[History](President Jackson appoints John Eaton as secretary of war and starts scandal)

The New York Times Book Review
The Petticoat Affair Review by Douglas Sylva

Owlcation
Peggy Eaton, Andrew Jackson, and the Petticoat Affair--by DOUG WEST

Wikipedia
Petticoat Affair

YouTube
History Brief: the Peggy Eaton Special--by Reading Through History
The Real Housewives of the White House | The Petticoat Affair--by Have History Will Travel

Photos
Peggy Eaton--Photo Credit: Public Domain via The Colombia Starr
Floride Calhoun--Photo Credit: Public Domain
Peggy O'Neal Cigar Box--Photo Credit: Public Domain
The Gorgeous Hussy Movie Poster--Photo Credit: Fair Use

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